Italy’s renegade regions

Italy

As Spain deals with the fallout from the Catalan independence vote, front pages in Italy focused on non-binding referendums on autonomy held in the affluent Italian regions of Veneto and Lombardy. According to preliminary results, more than 90 percent of those who voted said they wanted their regional governments to have more say over their financial affairs. Turnout was at 57 percent in Veneto and 40 percent in Lombardy. La Repubblica reported Rome was "ready to negotiate" with the regions following the vote.

Germany

Both the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Die Welt reported on ongoing coalition talks between Angela Merkel's conservatives, the Liberals and the Greens — the so-called Jamaica coalition — to form government. According to the reports, the CDU is concerned the Jamaica coalition would threaten a balanced federal budget. The parties still clash over migration, according to Die Welt. Der Taggespiegel reported on CDU in-fighting over the election result.

UK

The Guardian's front page focused on a call by five business lobby groups for an urgent Brexit transition deal. The groups warned only a deal similar to existing arrangements would curtail the risk of losing British jobs and investment. The Daily Telegraph previewed a speech set to be delivered by British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Monday, in which he is expected to say U.S. President Donald Trump has an "absolute duty" to prepare for military intervention in North Korea. The Times reported on a rebellion within the Tory Party over Chancellor Philip Hammond's upcoming budget.

France

Le Figaro's front page focused on a debate over the EU's Posted Workers Directive, which aims to reduce the imbalance within the bloc between low- and high-wage countries. Employment ministers will meet in Luxembourg Monday to discuss the proposed rules, which will govern workers sent from their home countries to work temporarily in another country. According to Le Figaro, French President Emmanuel Macron needs a deal on the rules, because labor market reform is one of his key post-election pledges. La Liberation reported on discontent within the ranks of Ryanair pilots: many have resigned following a series of mass cancelations last month.